Léon-Paul Fargue

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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

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Born	March 4, 1876 • Paris • France
Died	November 25, 1947 (aged 71) • Paris • France
Founder	“La Nouvelle Revue Française”
Movement / Style	Symbolism

Charles Baudelaire

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Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French critic

Paul Valéry

French critic and poet

Jean Cayrol

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Michel Butor

French author

Michel Leiris

French writer

Pierre-Jean Jouve

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Charles Vildrac

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Marcel Arland

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Anatole Le Braz

Breton folklorist and author

Rimbaud, detail from “Un Coin de table,” oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris

Arthur Rimbaud

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André Gide

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Paul Verlaine

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Stéphane Mallarmé

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Paul Claudel

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Charles Cros

French inventor and poet

Jules Laforgue

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Remy de Gourmont

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Jean Moréas

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Francis Viélé-Griffin

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

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